Karlshamn
Sign in to saveKarlshamn () is a locality and the seat of Karlshamn Municipality in Blekinge County, Sweden. It had 13,576 inhabitants in 2015, out of 31,846 in the municipality.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Karlshamn
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Karlshamntorg1.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Main square
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Karlshamn.png
- Settlement.image_shield
- Karlshamn kommunvapen - Riksarkivet Sverige.png
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Sweden Blekinge#Sweden
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Sweden
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- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Karlshamn Municipality
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- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Blekinge County
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- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Blekinge
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- Charter
- Settlement.established_date3
- 1664
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 13.48
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 31 December 2010
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17 sectionsContents
- History
- Climate
- Education
- Culture
- Performing arts
- Media
- Townplan and architecture
- Buildings and structures
- Tourism
- Sports
- Transport
- Road
- Rail
- Port
- Notable people from Karlshamn
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Karlshamn () is a locality and the seat of Karlshamn Municipality in Blekinge County, Sweden. It had 13,576 inhabitants in 2015, out of 31,846 in the municipality.
Karlshamn received a Royal Charter and city privileges in 1664, when King Charles X Gustav, in Swedish Karl, realized the strategic location near the Baltic Sea. In 1666 the town was named Karlshamn, meaning ''Karl's Port'' in honour of the Swedish king.